Let us begin by saying that we truly appreciate our Member’s and Investor’s loyalty, support and engagement – without you, none of this would be possible. Thank you for being awesome! :pray:

When we first idealised UTRUST, our vision was to create a borderless payment platform that would allow people from all over the World to perform day-to-day crypto-transactions in a simple and effortless manner.

Today, we are proud to announce that we have taken several important steps that will ensure the UTRUST vision does indeed become a reality for all of us. After analyzing our ICO, it is quite clear that our timing has not been ideal, particularly given the current market conditions.

That being said, we have gone back to the drawing board, sat down with our Team and Advisors and decided to implement some major improvements.

So, without further ado...

1. Team Tokens — REDUCED :white_check_mark:We are changing the amount of tokens that UTRUST will hold from 100 million to only 50 million. The newly released tokens will be added back into the total supply for everybody to purchase during our ICO.

2. Smart Contract — AUDITED :white_check_mark:Today we are releasing an independent review of our smart contract by Positive.com. We are proud to say that they gave it their approval and that it will be deployed shortly. You will be able to use the contract shortly after the ICO ends and when your KYC is complete.

3. Private Investors — VESTED :white_check_mark:We talked to our private investors to negotiate a minimum vesting period of 12 months. This is great news as it means that another 100 million tokens cannot be withdrawn or sold for a full year.

4. 500 Million Tokens — BURNED :white_check_mark:We made the decision to burn 50% of all tokens today, prior to the end of our ICO, permanently reducing the total maximum supply by half. We now have a very limited number of tokens available for sale.

5. Public ICO — EXTENDED :white_check_mark:Since all these structural changes will result in an improved value proposition, we would like to give everyone a fair chance to participate in our ICO. As a result, we have extended our ICO to end on 20 November 2017 at 2 PM UTC.

This decision was not taken lightly and also reflects the feedback we have received from many of you advocating for more favourable market conditions in order to participate in our ICO. With the latest news regarding the cancellation of the SegWit2x fork, we believe this is a unique opportunity to be part of this online payments revolution — join the future with UTRUST!